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{{short description|Historic naval warship}}
{{other ships|HMS Enterprise}}
{{redirect|L'Entreprise|other uses|French ship L'Entreprise}}
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|Ship country=[[Kingdom of France|France]]
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|Ship name=''L{{'}}Entreprise''
|Ship commissioned=1705
|Ship captured=By Royal Navy, 7 May 1705
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|Ship name=HMS ''Enterprise''
|Ship acquired=1 June 1705
|Ship commissioned=1705
|Ship in service=1705{{ndash}}1707
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|Ship fate=Wrecked off [[Thornton, Lancashire]], 12 October 1707
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|Ship class=24-gun [[sixth rate]]
|Ship tons burthen=320 {{fraction|75|94}} [[Builder's Old Measurement|(bm)]]
|Ship length=*{{convert|93|ft|0|in|m|1|abbr=on}} gundeck
*{{convert|79|ft|9|in|m|1|abbr=on}} keel for tonnage
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|Ship complement=115
|Ship armament=*20 × 6-pdr guns on wooden trucks
*4 × 4-pdr guns on wooden trucks
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'''HMS ''Enterprise''''' (sometimes spelled '''''Enterprize''''') was a 24-gun [[sixth-rate]] (named ''Enterprise''<ref>Lyon</ref> or ''L'Entreprenante''<ref>Winfield</ref>) of the [[French Navy]] captured by HMS ''Triton'' (also spelt as Tryton<ref>Colledge, Tryton</ref>) on 7 May 1705.<ref>Lyon</ref> She was registered as a [[Royal Navy]] ship on 1 June 1705 and commissioned shortly afterwards. She served in the Mediterranean and with Admiral Byng's squadron at the Downs. She was wrecked in 1707 with the loss of all hands.<ref>Winfield</ref>

She was the first vessel in the Royal Navy to be named ''Enterprise''.<ref>Colledge</ref>

==Specifications==
She was captured on 2 May and registered as a Royal Naval vessel on 1 June 1705. Her gundeck was {{convert|93|ft|0|in|m|abbr=off|1}} with her keel for tonnage calculation of {{convert|79|ft|9|in|m|abbr=off|1}}. Her breadth for tonnage was {{convert|27|ft|6|in|m|abbr=off|1}}. Her tonnage calculation was {{fraction|320|75|94}} tons. Her armament was twenty 6-pounders on the upper deck and four 4-pounders on the quarterdeck, all on wooden trucks.<ref>Winfield</ref>

==Commissioned service==
She was commissioned in 1705 under the command of Commander John Paul, RN for service in the Mediterranean then was assigned to Admiral Byng's squadron for the winter of 1706/07 in the Downs. On 17 May 1707 Commander William Davenport assumed command.<ref>Lyon</ref><ref>Winfield</ref>

==Loss==
She was wrecked off [[Thornton, Lancashire]], (near Blackpool) with the loss of all hands on 12 October 1707.<ref>Winfield</ref>

==Citations==
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==References==
* Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail (1603–1714), by Rif Winfield, published by Seaforth Publishing, England © 2009, EPUB {{ISBN|9781783469246}}, Chapter 6, The Sixth Rates, Vessels acquired from 18 December 1688, Sixth Rates of 20 guns and up to 26 guns, Ex-French Prizes (1704–09), Enterprise
* Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, by J.J. Colledge, revised and updated by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow and Steve Bush, published by Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Great Britain, © 2020, e {{ISBN|978-1-5267-9328-7}} (EPUB), Section E (Enterprise)
* Lyon, The Sailing Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, Built, Purchased and Captured, 1688–1860, by David Lyon, published by Conway Maritime Press, 1993, {{ISBN|978-0-85177-617-0}}, Enterprise, page 192

{{Sixth Rates of the Royal Navy 1660 to 1714}}

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